98-4768. Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace, Livingston, MT, and Butte, MT, and Removal of Class E Airspace, Coppertown, MT  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
    [Proposed Rules]
    [Pages 9462-9463]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-4768]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Aviation Administration
    
    14 CFR Part 71
    
    [Airspace Docket No. 97-ANM-20 ]
    
    
    Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace, Livingston, MT, and Butte, 
    MT, and Removal of Class E Airspace, Coppertown, MT
    
    AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
    
    ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
    
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    SUMMARY: This proposed rule would combine the Coppertown, MT, Class E 
    airspace area with the existing Butte, MT, Class E airspace area. This 
    combined airspace area would be designated the Butte, MT, Class E 
    airspace area. This proposal would also amend the adjacent Class E 
    Airspace at Livingston, MT, by providing additional controlled airspace 
    to accommodate the development of new Standard Instrument Approach 
    Procedures (SIAP) utilizing the Global Positioning System (GPS) at the 
    Livingston Airport.
    
    DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 13, 1998.
    
    ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Manager, 
    Airspace Branch, ANM-520, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
    97-ANM-20, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056.
        The official docket may be examined in the office of the Assistant 
    Chief Counsel for the Northwest Mountain Region at the same address.
        An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
    hours in the office of the Manager, Air Traffic Division, Airspace 
    Branch, at the address listed above.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Dennis Ripley, ANM-520.6, Federal Aviation Administration, Docket No. 
    97-ANM-20, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056; 
    telephone number: (425) 227-2577.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    
    Comments Invited
    
        Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed 
    rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments as they 
    may desire. comments that provide the factual basis supporting the 
    views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing 
    reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are 
    specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 
    environmental, and energy related aspects of the proposal. 
    Communications should identify the airspace docket number and be 
    submitted in triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing 
    the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must 
    submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped postcard on which 
    the following statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 97-
    ANM-20.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
    commenter. All communications received on or before the specified 
    closing date for comments will be considered before taking action on 
    the proposed rule. The proposal contained in this notice may be changed 
    in the light of comments received. All comments submitted will be 
    available for examination at the address listed above both before and 
    after the closing date for comments. A report summarizing each 
    substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this 
    rulemaking will be filed in the docket.
    
    Availability of NPRMs
    
        Any person may obtain a copy of this NPRM by submitting a request 
    to the Federal Aviation Administration, Airspace Branch, ANM-520, 1601 
    Lind Avenue SW, Renton, Washington 98055-4056. Communications must 
    identify the notice number of this NPRM. Persons interested in being 
    placed on a mailing list for future NPRMs should also request a copy of 
    Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, which describes the application procedure.
    
    The Proposal
    
        The FAA is considering an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
    Regulations, part 71 (14 CFR 71) to remove Coppertown, MT, Class E 
    airspace while revising Class E airspace at Livingston, MT, and Butte, 
    MT. The proposal enlarges Butte, MT, airspace by combining it with 
    Coppertown, MT, airspace. The incorrectly named Coppertown, MT, 
    airspace does not serve an airport, has no associated town, and is 
    solely a navigational aid located close to Butte, MT. This amendment 
    would also provide the additional airspace necessary to fully encompass 
    the GPS-A SIAP to the Livingston Airport, Livingston, MT. Additionally, 
    this amendment proposes to revise the common airspace boundaries where 
    Livingston, MT, and Butte, MT, airspace areas meet in order to better 
    distribute the airspace serving the respective airports and to provide 
    for easier cartography. The intended effect of this proposal would be 
    to provide safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace and to 
    promote safe Instrument Flight Rules operations between the terminal 
    and en route transition stages.
        The area would be depicted on aeronautical charts for pilot 
    reference. The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
    American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
    feet or more above the surface of the earth are published in Paragraph 
    6005 of FAA Order 7400.9E dated September 10, 1997, and effective 
    September 16, 1997, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. 
    The Class E airspace designation listed in this document would be 
    published subsequently in the Order.
        The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
    an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
    routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
    It, therefore, (1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
    Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT 
    Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); 
    (3) does not warrant preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation as the 
    anticipated impact is so minimal. Since this is a routine matter that 
    will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is 
    certified that this rule, when promulgated, will not have a
    
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    significant impact on a substantial number of small entities under the 
    criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    
    List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
    
        Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).
    
    The Proposed Amendment
    
        In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
    Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
    
    PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
    CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS
    
        1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 
    FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
    
    
    Sec. 71.1  [Amended]
    
        2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
    Aviation Administration Order 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and 
    Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 
    1997, is amended as follows:
    
    Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
    feet or more above the surface of the earth.
    
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    ANM MT E5  Coppertown, MT [Removed]
    
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    ANM MT E5  Butte, MT [Revised]
    
    Bert Mooney Airport, Butte, MT
        (Lat. 45 deg.57'17'' N, long, 112 deg.29'51'' W)
    
        That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
    bounded by a line beginning at lat. 46 deg.20'30'' N, long. 
    112 deg.48'33'' W; to lat. 46 deg.10'30'' N, long. 113 deg.07'03'' 
    W; to lat. 45 deg.57'05'' N, long. 112 deg.47'43'' W; to lat. 
    45 deg.51'20'' N, long. 112 deg.27'33'' W; to lat. 46 deg.03'20'' N, 
    long. 112 deg.20'03'' W; to lat. 46 deg.18'30'' N, long. 
    112 deg.30'33'' W; thence to point of beginning; that airspace 
    extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface bounded by a line 
    beginning at lat. 45 deg.35'00'' N, long. 113 deg.05'00'' W; to lat. 
    46 deg.37'00'' N, long. 113 deg.05'00'' W; to lat. 46 deg.37'00'' N; 
    long. 112 deg.26'00'' W; to lat. 46 deg.16'00'' N, long. 
    112 deg.00'00'' W; to lat. 45 deg.35'00'' N, long. 112 deg.00'00'' 
    W; thence to point of beginning; excluding that airspace within 
    Federal airways, and the Helena, MT, the Dillion, MT, and the 
    Missoula, MT, Class E airspace areas.
    
    ANM MT E5  Livingston, MT [Revised]
    
    Mission Field, Livingston, MT
        (Lat. 45 deg.41'58'' N, long. 110 deg.26'54'' W)
    
        That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
    within a 4.2-mile radius of the Livingston Airport, and that 
    airspace bounded by a line beginning at lat. 45 deg.40'30'' N, long. 
    110 deg.15'20'' W; to lat 45 deg.47'30'' N, long. 110 deg.15'30'' W; 
    to lat. 45 deg.47'30'' N, long. 110 deg.23'00'' W; to lat. 
    46 deg.02'20'' N, long. 110 deg.31'00'' W; to lat. 45 deg.58'00'' N, 
    long. 110 deg.47'15'' W; to lat. 45 deg.38'45'' N, long. 
    110 deg.37'00'' W, thence to point of beginning and that airspace 
    extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within an area 
    bounded by a line beginning at lat. 46 deg.16'00'' N, long. 
    112 deg.00'00'' W; to lat. 46 deg.37'00'' N, long. 111 deg.30'00'' 
    W; to lat. 46 deg.37'00'' N, long. 110 deg.43'00'' W; to lat. 
    46 deg.00'00'' N; to long. 110 deg.29'00'' W; to lat. 46 deg.00'00'' 
    N, long. 109 deg.30'00'' W; to lat. 45 deg.30'00'' N, long. 
    109 deg.30'00'' W; to lat. 45 deg.30'00'' N, long. 112 deg.00'00'' 
    W; thence to point of beginning, excluding that airspace within 
    Federal airways, the Helena, MT, and the Billings, MT, Class E 
    airspace areas.
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        Issued in Seattle, Washington, on February 2, 1998.
    Glenn A. Adams III,
    Assistant Manager, Air Traffic Division, Northwest Mountain Region.
    [FR Doc. 98-4768 Filed 2-24-98; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4910-13-M
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
02/25/1998
Department:
Federal Aviation Administration
Entry Type:
Proposed Rule
Action:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
Document Number:
98-4768
Dates:
Comments must be received on or before April 13, 1998.
Pages:
9462-9463 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Airspace Docket No. 97-ANM-20
PDF File:
98-4768.pdf
CFR: (1)
14 CFR 71.1